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Get latest updates/news emanating from around the Middle-East and African region.
Stakeholders To Meet Nigeria’s Net-Zero Emission Targets
Stakeholders in the environmental sector has reiterated its commitment to assist the Nigerian government to achieve its emission reduction target. The Society for Planet Prosperity [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Mar-2023
Africa: Q&A - 'Innovate to Unlock Africa's Livestock Potential'
[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Appolinaire Djikeng promises to strengthen research and innovation to improve the health of farmed animals as he becomes the first African to head the Inter [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Mar-2023
Ethiopia: Konso Zone in Need of Urgent Assistance As Drought Devastates Thousands
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Solomon Soka, member of the House of Representatives for Konso Nation and director general of Information Network Security Administration (INSA), re [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Mar-2023
Nigeria: Beans Are a Favourite Food in Nigeria - 4 Safe Ways to Preserve Them
[The Conversation Africa] The beans known as oloyin in Yoruba, or as cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata), are a favourite food among Nigerians, who eat them in a variety of dishes includin [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Mar-2023
Uganda: Cocoa Is Big Business, but Farmers Aren't Reaping Its Rewards
[Global Press Journal] Bundibugyo, Uganda -- Many of Uganda's small-scale farmers rely on someone else to dry their beans, a practice that keeps them in a cycle of poverty. A new p [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Mar-2023
Africa: Healthy Forests, Healthy Planet, Healthy Humans #AfricaClimateHope
[UN News] Forests are often called the lungs of the planet, because they absorb harmful carbon dioxide and produce life-giving oxygen so it's no exaggeration to equate healthy fore [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 21-Mar-2023
Nigerian Government Seeks Adoption of Animal Welfare Best Practices
The National Stakeholders Consultative Meeting on Animal Welfare,during Emergencies and Disasters in Nigeria ,has met to discuss the provision for effective policies on animal welf [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Mar-2023
Stakeholders support Afforestation, Reforestation to Sustain Charcoal Business
In order to sustain the charcoal sub-sector, the National Association of Charcoal Producers, Dealers, Exporters, and Afforestation of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) and other stakeholders have [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 18-Mar-2023
Group to Commence Export of High-yielding wheat Seed
The African Agricultural Transformation Organization has announced that preparations are underway toward producing and exporting high yielding, heat-resistant wheat. Dr. Oluwatoyin [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Institute caution farmers from early planting with first rainfall
The Executive Director, National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger State, Dr. Aliyu Umar has warned farmers to hesitate from rushing into planting with the first ra [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Mauritius: Pre-Budget Consultations - Minister Padayachy Meets Small Planters and Livestock Breeders
[Government of Mauritius] The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, had a pre-budget consultative meeting, this afternoon in Port Louis, [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Tanzania: Compensate Costs of Misused Sunflower Seedlings - Agricultural Seed Agency
[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE Tanzania Agricultural Seed Agency (ASA) has expressed its dismay over the consistent tendency by Singida Region authorities of failing to distribute to f [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Tanzania: Kigoma Women Farmers Relish Technology
[Daily News] LOW-TECH, high-impact micro-irrigation technology is making a big difference in the lives of women farmers in the Kigoma region of Tanzania. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Tunisia: Culinary Route of Sfax Olive Oil Project Launched
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- An information day on the launch of the Culinary Route of Sfax Olive Oil project was organised by Tunisia Olive Association, under the proje [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Egypt: Irrigation Min. - Egypt Succeeded in Putting Water Issue in Heart of Climate Action #AfricaClimateHope
[Egypt Online] Minister of Irrigation Hani Suweilam said that Egypt succeeded in putting the water issue in the heart of the climate action via launching an initiative on adaptatio [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Gambia: Hungry World Getting Worse!
[The Point] The world has perhaps never seen this level of simultaneous agricultural disruption, according to agriculture executives, industry analysts, farmers and economists inte [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Gambia: Gambia May Be Self-Sufficient in Rice Production By 2025/26 - Agric Minister
[The Point] Demba Sabally, the minister of Agriculture, has told lawmakers that The Gambia is expected to be rice self-sufficient by 2025/26. [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Sierra Leone: FSRP,WFP Sign MOU to Strengthen School Feeding Programme in Three Districts
[Concord] The Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) on Thursday,2nd March, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Is On Major Migratory Bird Routes, New Strains of Bird Flu Keep Appearing
[The Conversation Africa] Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called "bird flu", which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has result [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Africa: Sometimes Soils Need Doctors Too
[FAO] FAO's Global Soils Doctors Programme trains farmers to diagnose and heal soils [...]
Region: N/A
Date: 17-Mar-2023
Nigeria Accounts For Over 70% Of Yams Produced Globally -NRCRI
The National Root Crops Research Institute, NRCRI on Wednesday in Abuja, said Nigeria accounts for over 70 per cent of yams produced in the world. Dr Nnamdi Eke-Okoro, Director/HO [...]
Crop ProductionCountry: Nigeria
Region: Africa
Date: 16-Mar-2023
Agency Warn Farmers on False Rainy Season Onset
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned farmers in Abuja and nearby North Central States who have seen some rain in the last two weeks, to postpone planting their cro [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Mar-2023
Association Tasks Charcoal Producers, Stakeholders on Afforestation
The National Charcoal Producers, Dealers, and Exporters Association of Nigeria (NACPDEAN) has announced that it will consult with government agencies to educate the charcoal indust [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Mar-2023
Nigeria, Ireland to Deepen Bilateral Trade Relations in Agriculture
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum, has said that Nigeria will continue to deepen bilateral relations with other countries, such [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Mar-2023
Poultry farmers appeals to Gov’t for egg powder factory
The Chairperson, Erokorodo Poultry Farm Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos, Mrs Juiiana Ibitoye, has appealed to the federal and state governments to set up a factory for production of egg pow [...]
Country: Nigeria
Region: N/A
Date: 15-Mar-2023